09/29/2011
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Defence.lk
Chairman, Subcommittee on middle East and South Asia, US House of Representative (Congressman) Mr. Steven Joseph Chabot during his one day visit to Jaffna on Wednesday (28) called on Commander Security Force - Jaffna Major Genaral Mahinda Hathurusinghe who briefed about prevailing security situation and other development activities taking place in post - conflict Jaffna.
05/12/2011
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Defence.lk, Ministry of Defence
The report of the Darusman Committee on the final phase of the operation to defeat terrorism in Sri Lanka is a tendentious document that makes grossly false allegations about Sri Lanka and its security forces. The government will defend the good name of the country and expose the false allegations that are abundant in this report. So said President Mahinda Rajapaksa, speaking to editors of the print and electronic media in Sri Lanka at Temple Trees yesterday (10).
02/22/2011
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Defence.lk
Bishop of Jaffna Rt.Rev.Dr Thomas Savundaranayagam recently commended security forces for their proactive involvement to curb organized crimes, and bring many who involved in those acts of violence to justice.
01/09/2011
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Defence.lk
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa charged that certain elements are trying to portray a picture that country was going towards a totalitarian rule and said that these reactionary elements wanted to take him to the electric chair on war crimes allegations.
11/08/2010
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Defence.lk
President Mahinda Rajapaksa has extended the mandate of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) by a period of six months in view of the large number of persons from Sri Lanka and abroad still to give evidence before it.
11/04/2010
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Defence.lk
Army conducts briefings to travelers arriving Jaffna
The Psychological Operations Branch and Civil Affairs Office of the Security Forces Headquarters - Jaffna (SF-J) commenced a program to educate people travel Jaffna for the convenience of travelers themselves and to preserve the cultural values and identities of the peninsula.
Under this program, soldiers attached to the Task Force 7 distribute handbills among the travelers free of charge at the EPS, the gateway to Jaffna. In addition, a brief awareness lecture will also be given if requested, an official of SF-J said speaking to defence.lk.
Handbill distributing among the travelers includes the crowds on cultural practices of the local community, behavioral guidance for visitors during stay in Jaffna and a map of access routes to locations of tourist and religious interest.
09/04/2010
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Defence.lk
Many questions have been raised on the recent decision of the Secretary General of the UN to appoint a Panel of Experts to advise him on alleged incidents said to have occurred during the final phase of the humanitarian operations against LTTE terrorists last year.
08/31/2010
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Defence.lk
The Indian Government has consented to construct an Agriculture and Engineering faculty equipped with hi-tech laboratories for the Jaffna University on a 300-acre site in Ariviyal, in the Kilinochchi District, Minister of Higher Education S. B. Dissanayake said on Sunday, 29th August, at the Jaffna University.
08/09/2010
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Defence.lk
Demining in the Jaffna peninsula has been accelerated and the peninsula will be a mine-free zone within the next month, the Army said.
08/04/2010
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Defence.lk
Acting Military spokesman Colonel Duminda Gamage yesterday said that the Jaffna Security Forces Headquarters had lifted security restrictions in the Gurunagar area to facilitate restoration of civil life.